The creative minds between Kazaa and Skype bring us Joost, which, like previous offerings, merits a pronunciation lesson: "yohst," not "juiced," according to AdCritic. It used to be called The Venice Project. Joost.com makes it so you can watch TV on the internet.
An answerbot integrated with a search engine, ...if you're ready for this smart talking radical broad giving comments about your search quiries...(she even handles a machinegun) ...try Ms Dewey
I rarely write about new search engines since they are pretty much a dime a dozen these days, but SideKiq not only has meta-bility searching (has several traditional and vertical search engines, including Ask.com’s AskX), but also has a great unique layout.
The Disney website is pending a relaunch, which CEO Bog Iger is calling "the single most important, companywide strategy Disney is currently implementing." will allow people to personalize pages, play games, and create mash-ups of Disney content - and, under parental control, kids chat. The website will also offer an experience like a trip to Disney World: Smart, built-in revenue streams offer pay-to-play games, e-commerce (DVDs, theme park tickets) and advertising. Check out Disney.com
Try out Glue London's AnswerBot - I don't know how it works, but the results are impressive! (maybe connected to Google images?) Just ask Santa Claus for your favourite present...
A cool community art site for young creatives to show and share their work. Its like mixing YouTube, MySpace and art school together in one site and watching the visual party reveal itself. If you know any creative young people who may be interested, have them check it out. Fruitopia - the fruits of imagination.
I’m not sure how new this is, but Google's patent search is very neat.
It's the new YouTube. No, wait. The new MySpace. No, wait, the new Transbudha. No wait, the new Second Life. No, wait...oh fuck it, it's the Venice Project, it's just new. At least one major research outfit predicts that the online venture will do nothing less than create a new model for online video. Read more about it this thing...
Wordie is "like Flickr, but without the photos". "Wordie lets you make lists of words -- practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. You can then see who else has listed the same words, and talk about it." Lots of people love schadenfreude. Check out Wordie.
(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund - by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Check out the (RED) site and buy.
Microsoft has introduced a new dimension to online mapping with a web-based application that combines mapping, local search, virtual reality - and online advertising. Microsofts unveiled Local Live Search = Virtual Earth 3D, allowing users to soar above 15 U.S. cities and between buildings, as in Second Life, but the photorealistic landmarks are replicas of the real thing. Moreover, virtual billboards float above some buildings in what is a pilot test of the ad unit. Fox, Nissan Motor, Zip Realty are among the initial advertisers. (of course not in firefox...)
An amazing 3 minute long outdoor travelling fountain show, all powered by bottles of Coke and Mentos.
Welcome to the Official Seal Generator. Enter some text, choose a border and an emblem, pick your colors, and click the 'Go' button. An Official Seal will be generated for you.
To view the Earth as currently seen from a satellite in Earth orbit, choose the satellite from the list and press the "View Earth from Satellite" button. The satellite database is updated regularly and covers hundreds of different positions and satellites.
Interesting SMS service that sends scheduled alerts via text messages. Free, I think. Text messages queued up with ohdontforget.com will be delivered at the date & time specified, unless you specify "now", which will send the message instantly.
As part of the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting's 40th Anniversary, iDeutsch created an interactive map of film locations to allow visitors to explore hundreds of film and television locations throughout New York City.
The Hottest Viral Video's Chart just simply tracks Google videos, YouTube and MySpace videos to show what the hottest vids are based on counting new links to video urls, and those videos being embedded. Enjoy...check out www.viralvideochart.com , every week at least..
Discover and share the good things in life. The Best Stuff in the world is an open, organic, polymorphous site which, depending on the user, could take on diverse forms and meanings. The site simply asks you to input your "best stuff" in the world: whether it be a song that inspires you, your favourite little Indian restaurant or the best explication of Kantian aesthetics ... it's up to you!As people share the things they think are best, you'll be able to discover what other people think are cool too. What do you think is the Best Stuff in the world? Check out the BETA version
There are plenty of places you can find television episodes and buzz-worthy clips online... Read article & find links
We earlier mentioned one of three videos promoting the benefits of the new Windows Live Messenger which touted the benefits of new means of communication over old. Here's the other two videos along with the original on a fancy little site at Communication Evolved.
Create a unique "collage" from a single photograph. Choose one of two styles: a "joiner" style image without frames or an image created from simulated Polaroids. Every generated image is unique. This toy was inspired by the photo collages of the artist David Hockney. Works with your photos hosted on Flickr or anywhere else. Check out Hockneyizer.
Type the name of a CD/DVD or artist in the searchfield and Albumart.org will find lots of high quality CD and DVD covers within seconds! Find it at AlbumArt
Now you never have to admit you missed the show. Just enter some text and click the 'Go' button. A picture of a concert ticket will be generated for you. Collect 'em, trade 'em, put 'em on your website, or e-mail 'em to your friends. Make 'em at Concert Ticket Generator.
Oceangram is the internet version of sending a message in a bottle, you write the message, seal it in a bottle, and send it off into the ocean. Someone from around the world may pick it up from the ocean and read it. Message in a bottle.
The name already says it ! Explore this cool overview of fantastic and odd hotels around the world in Unusual Hotels of the World
Swarm shows you what websites people are visiting, right now. Swarm is a graphical map of hundreds of websites, all connecting to each other. It updates itself every second with where people are going and coming from. As sites become more popular, they move towards the center of the swarm. Go use Swarm.
Flash Earth is a Google look at the world: an experimental application using satellite and aerial imagery from Google Local and Windows Live Local (without permission). Greaat application ! - click to go to Flash Earth
This tool dials a phone number and a computer voice reads off the text. The receiving phone number shows up asthe CallerID field. The tool is spectaculair because you can enter the receiving date, which means your message can be received days, months or years later. Imagine sending your grandchildren a message, when you don't have any children yet.... Or thinks of personal reminders, wakeup calls, peptalks, timecapsule ideas and, of course, ..prank calls.. Check out CallTheFuture.org
After the podcast craze, the weblogs hype, and the viral epedemic, Wiki's are becoming the next hottest thing. A wave of Wiki's is engulfing us. So, whether you're at work or at home, you can use the JotSpot wiki to create (and share) a secure, private workspace or a publicly website. The JotSpot wiki allows free-form collaboration, but you can also collaborate using structured applications. You have complete control over your wiki's design with WYSIWYG page editing. And you can try it for free.
Quikmaps ("Maps for the Masses") is another website in the ever-growing collection of Google Maps lookalikes. Handy for scribbling a quick overlay of information, Quikmaps lets you save, email and post your creation. In addition to being highly useful; it's also open ended - so creative-types with a map fetish can draw until they drop. Go and make a Quikmap.
Real-time ship positions on the San Francisco Bay. Way cool.
Take a look at the incredible future of desktop computing - the move into a 3D environment. Apparently the interface is focussed more on the natural human mind associations in a 3D world, and also uses hand and finger pressure to manilulate items on your desktop. It therefore makes us work faster, more efficiently and better organised. Check out the video of the prototyp to see how it works. Fascinating and dazzling !! A must-see!
Another great example of beautiful photography and the immersive web. "There is a vast, silent world. The largest forest in the world is locked up in coldness, but is a hidden treasury of diverse forms of life. Mind-boggling eons of time and frigid temperatures are the constant companions of this forest." Visit the new forest at Forests-Forever.com: the Boreal Forest in the Russian Ural mountains.
At Trendio.com you can bet on the popularity of politicians, sporting teams or events, ideas, stars, natural catastrophies, etc., in fact on any word that makes the headlines. The words are rated according to the number of times they appear in 3000 anglophone media web sites from around the world. Buy the words you believe in, sell the others! - see Trendio.com
Google now produces 3D software : Sketchup : create 3D models and add them to google earth.
The online Frederick's clothing catalog doesn't have any of those weird costumes, though it's still teeming with plenty of slutty clothes and hooker shoes. Just check out this hot stuff.
Check out the latest addition to the Forests Forever website: the Sarawak Rainforest right on the equator on the giant island of Borneo. This thick forest of overwhelming volume is filled with an unimaginable number of living things. The oldest rain forest in the world has continued to live to this day, untouched by the ice ages. Beautiful images. Beautul Flash. Beautiful immersion.
Channel G4 is trying to breathe new life into the original Star trek series by creating an "entertainment mash-up". G4 came up with a play-while-you-watch game called The Spock Market that allows viewers to buy, sell and trade shares of characters, aliens, gadgets and ships. Stock values change based on events in the episodes. There's some funny stop-motion commercial that promote the whole thing which you can view here and here.
Get set for an explosion of consumer-generated media, as YouTube provides users with new ways of sharing, sending and watching videos online. Up until now it has been difficult for individuals to share videos on the web because of their file sizes and uploading difficulties. YouTube allows people to upload, tag and share clips across the web and via emails, allowing them to create their own personal video network.
Packed with content, IgoUgo.com is a travel site that's going places. IgoUgo has built a site based on content submitted by its users. And even as it continues to fatten up, it remains a community-based travel site that’s becoming as well known, and as well visited, as the Expedias and Fodors of travel websites.
The Beijing Guide uses 360° panoramas, original Chinese music, audio of Chinese phrases, video and photography to show travelers aspects of Chinese culture in which they can participate. Find out how to ride a bike with the masses, navigate the subway system, take a taxi without speaking Chinese and find you way to the (correct) toilet.
The Memory Hole exists to preserve and spread material that is in danger of being lost, is hard to find, or is not widely known. This includes Government files, Corporate memos, Police reports and eyewitness statements etc etc. The emphasis is on material that exposes things that we're not supposed to know (or that we're supposed to forget). Rescuing Knowledge, Freeing Information
MyIE2 is the most powerful and fully customized browser on earth. It can open multiple web pages in just one window, and comes with tons of other nice features.
Very nice application. Just type in some words, and they will sing it out loud for you, using samples from hundreds of different songs and lyrics. Try out "Let them sing it for you.
Library of Life lets you share your memories and record them online forever. From a few words to a full multimedia website, Library of Life ensures that your memories are kept alive forever and those who mean the most to you are never forgotten
You play songs by dropping one of the balls on the left inside the gramophone-like machine. A playlist could be implemented with a robot that picks up and drops the song-balls automatically or by a feeding tube that would drop one ball at time. Check out this weird MP3 player.
Endless Echoes is a unique way to send a personalized message through space and time. Just imagine, your own voice, your own words, broadcast out into the cosmos for all eternity.
The Virtual Pet Cemetery is the world's best-known online burial ground for pets!
Would you like to wear the same dress or shirt that you saw Gwyneth Paltrow wear. Or the shoes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Britney Spears, ALicia Silverstone, Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, Mariah Carrey or any other celebrity? Just check out Famous Fashions Found, where you can buy what the stars are wearing.
"Almost everything about skateboards and skateboarding on the web." Links to shops, boards, vendors of ramps, camps, magazines, great pictures and videos and the coolest events and news. The Skateboard Directory.
